Michael Franks

Antonio lives life's fervor
Antonio plays for truth
Antonio says our friendship
Is a hundred proof
The vulture that circles Rio
hangs in this LA sky
The blankets they
give the Indians
only make them die
But sing the song
forgotten for so long
And let the music flow
like light into the rainbow
We know the dance
we have We still have a chance
to break these chains And flow
like light into the rainbow

But sing the song
forgotten for so long
And let the music flow
like light into the rainbow
We know the dance
we have We still have a chance
to break these chains And flow
like light into the rainbow
Antonio loves the desert
Antonio plays for rain
Antonio knows that pleasure
is the child of pain
And Lost in La Califusa
When most of my hope was gone
Antonio's samba led me
to the Amazon
But sing the song
forgotten for so long
And let the music flow
like light into the rainbow
We know the dance
we have We still have a chance
to break these chains And flow
like light into the rainbow

Lady when you love me
I feel home sweet home
inside of you sublime
This garden's sure to grow
you know Our love
is just like summertime
Parrots eye the fruit
And we make love
Between the harpsichords
and lutes
Our green limbs
intertwine
you know Our love
is just like summertime

Our souls collide
We slip and slide
We feel no pain
And with our lives
locked together
We weather the wind and rain
We grow the farm
We're safe from harm
Inside this circle of summertime
Both of us know is our love

Lovers from the past
with poison smiles
All pray our love
will never last
But we are trees not vines
you know Our love
is just like summertime
As the song begins
These shipwrecks fade
Behind a wave of violins
Vivaldi made us rhyme
you know Our love
is just like summertime

When the cookie jar is empty
Baby gets so glum
When the cookie jar is empty
Baby sucks her thumb
Baby breaks her dishes
And she won't eat her peas
Baby never misses
When she throws her spoon at me
Leo is high as I am leaving;
Love is the web that she is weaving
When the cookie jar is empty
Baby don't act right
When the cookie jar is empty
Baby cries all night
Baby gets so sassy,
How can I explain?
Baby moves her chassis
Like a locomotive train
Virgo is high as I'm returning;
Love is the candle she is burning

Books are stacked on my table, I've got books filling my shelves
Day and night I've been trying to unravel myself
But I've been looking for answers that don't seem to wanna be had
And people don't live too long when they're feeling this bad

So I don't wanna know about nothin'
Unless it's something I can see or touch
'cause I've been living on the inside too much
I miss those Labor Day picnics like the ones that we used to have
Where no one's worrying about nothing, no one's feeling bad
I wanna roll down the hillside, lay dizzy in the cool green grass
And jump around like a frog in a gunny sack

And I don't wanna know about nothin'
Unless it's something I can see or touch
'cause I've been living on the inside a little too much

My friend has got some babies and she loves them with all of her might
They run around all day, they keep her up at night
But she can kiss those faces and she's the one who gets to see them smile
I'm thinking maybe that'd beat this by a pretty long mile

And I don't wanna know about nothin'
Unless it's something I can see or touch
'cause I've been living on the inside a little too much

Most of the time
He's the Lord of the Jungle-
Everyone grins while he gripes
Usually he's found just lounging around
In his stripes
His tiger-lady's a superfine feline-
Just what His Highness deserves...
A sleek purring pussycat
Proud of her pussycat curves
He's a Tiger in the Rain
It's the thunder and lightning
He can't explain
He's a Tiger in the Rain
Who's frightened
Caught in the Storm
He came searching for shelter-
Right up to me and my spouse
We both stroked his chin
Then invited him into the house

Same old song
Always blue
Can't help thinking
Of me and you
All the love before
Our goodbyes were spoken
On the storm
We were tossed
Tragically
Till our love was lost
Drifting miles apart
Both our hearts were broken
Now when I meet you
Out on the street you
Still got the moves to
Haunt me
We're face to face now
The past is erased now
I'll be yours if you really
Want me
We keep tryin' but we can't forget
The thrill we feel from our Love Duet
Listen Baby, it ain't over yet
We got one more chorus of our Love Duet
You love me
I love you
That we can do
To complete the song
Of our life together?
On our own
We have grown
But freedom means
That you're all alone
And you spend your time
Being cool and clever

Whenever I explore the land of Yin
I always take one on the chin
And now this lioness has almost made me tame
I can't pronounce her name
But eggplant is her game
The lady sticks to me like white on rice
She never cooks the same way twice-
Maybe it's the mushrooms
Maybe the tomatoes
I can't reveal her name
But eggplant is her game
When my baby cooks her eggplant
She don't read no book
And she's got a Gioconda
Kind of dirty look
And my baby cooks her eggplant
About 19 different ways
But sometimes I just have it raw
With mayonnaise
Maybe it's the way she grates her cheese
Or just the freckles on her knees
Maybe it's the scallions
Maybe she's Italian
I can't reveal her name
But eggplant is her game.

We touched like watercolour fawns

In landscapes painted by Cezanne

Like lovers floating painted by Chegall

But you and I were you-I then

We thought the rush wo uld never end

We thought the sky, t he sky would never fall

We lived we loved we laughed we cried

We'll never die, and now I th ink of you

And I change right into Mr Blue

You say your lover buys you lace

I say he's fine, I like his face

I guess you still think love will conquere all

I know, but it's not what you think

I only hope it s tays in sync

I only want, I want to wish you well

The music begins
And the titles fade in
Starring you and me
The hero is struggling to say
That his lady is far away
In her prison of wishes
We love and we fight
But it's all Day For Night
Just a Masquerade
We reel 'til the red light is off
Then we go take our faces off
Like two clowns in a sideshow

Love is like two dreamers dreaming the exact same dream
Just another technicolor romance on the screen
Love is like two dreamers dreaming the exact same dream
Just another technicolor romance on the screen

I keep you in frame
And I whisper your name
'til the picture fades
The feeling is already gone
I don't know why am I going on
Can't remember the ending

And when God gave out rhythm
He sure was good to you
You can add, subtract, multiply.
And divide by two
I know today's your birthday
And I did not buy no rose
But I wrote this song instead and I call it:
Popsicle Toes
Popsicle Toes,
Popsicle Toes are always froze
Popsicle Toes,
You're so brave to expose all those
Popsicle Toes
You must have been Miss Pennsylvania
With all this pulchritude,
How come you always load your Pentax
When I'm in the nude?
We ought to have a birthday party
And you can wear your birthday clothes,
Then we can hit the floor and go explore those
Popsicle Toes
You got the nicest
North America
This sailor ever saw-
I like to feel your warm Brazil
And touch your Panama
But your Tierra del Fuegos
Are nearly always froze-
We gotta see-saw until we unthaw those
Popsicle Toes

Whenever I am lost at sea
I remember you are here with me
You surrender to the fantasy
When I give my love to you
Running from the hurricane
Helter-skelter in the wind and rain
I find shelter, I find peace again
When I give my love to you
When I give my love to you
I can feel the downtime ending
And I ain't pretending
Words can simply not reveal
The degree of ecstasy
Only you can make me feel
When you give your love to me
Lover, when the world's too square
I discover you are always there
And no other lover can compare
When I give my love to you.

Lost your toy lover boy
In the mirror take a look
You're much older now
You used to be 23
Suddenly the summer ends
And you don't know how
It was endless fun, hit and run
Sweet talk was your middle name
Always on the prowl
Just one dance no romance
Living like an alley cat
And you sure could howl

Your secret's safe with me
You're tired and lonely
The only cure will be love
Your secret's safe with me
Ain't no contender
You got no fist in your glove
Your secret's safe with me
You're searching for someone
Who's got no lies to conceal
Your secret's safe with me
Waiting for someone
Whose eyes will tell you it's real

Whose eyes will tell you it's real

Whose eyes will tell you it's...
Live and learn wait your turn
Don't you know the deepest love
Comes to those who wait
Why be smart hear your heart
Leading you to someone who...
NO it's not too late

Your secret's safe with me
(Your secret's safe with me)


Tired and lonely
The only cure will be love
Your secret's safe with me
(Your secret's safe with me)
Ain't no contender
You got no fist in your glove
Your secret's safe with me
(Your secret's safe with me)
You're searching for someone
Who's got no lies to conceal
Your secret's safe with me
(Your secret's safe with me)
Waiting for someone
Whose eyes will tell you it's real
(Will tell you it's real...)

Whose eyes will tell you it's real
(Whose eyes Will tell you it's real...)

Your secret's safe with me
(Your secret's safe with me)
Tired and lonely
The only cure will be love
Your secret's safe with me
(Your secret's safe with me)
Ain't no contender
You got no fist in your glove
Your secret's safe with me
(Your secret's safe with me)
Searching for someone
Who's got no lies to conceal
Your secret's safe with me
(Your secret's safe with me)
Waiting for someone
Whose eyes will tell you it's real

Your secret's safe with me
(Your secret's safe with me)

Winter's hard to rhyme
We're prisoners in some icy pantomime
Just waiting for the wind to change his mind
And sing us green
April starts to whisper to the trees
I hoe and you plant the trees
Canterbury Bells begin to ring
The sparrows are stealing string
Hollycocks and foxglove to the knee
Now life's a major key
We've got mud between our toes
This is how the garden grows
Midnight in July
We see the season spread across the sky
We wake up to a nosy dragonfly
Against the screen
You just love to bite me where it shows
You kiss me
Then hide my clothes
Running through the sprinklers nearly raw
We've just disproved Newton's law
How can I break even with the weeds
In love so beyond my needs
Blossoms on you Mama's rose
This is how the garden grows

Kid inside a candy store
Sensation
Temptation
Always gotta have some more
You love that sticky stuff
Ain't no way you're lettin' go
You tease me
You squeeze me
Well there's something you should know
I never get enough
I know I'm never
I know I'm never
I know I'm never satisfied
Go slow I'm never
Oh no I'm never
I'm hardly ever satisfied
Girl we sure can loop the loop
Fantastic
Gymnastic
We can slam it through the hoop
And all that tricky stuff
We should thank the stars above
Elated
We're mated
Happy prisoners of love
We never get enough
I know we're never
I know we're never
I know we're never satisfied
Go slow we're never
Oh no we're never
We're hardly ever satisfied
No matter what we do we're never satisfied
'Cause when it's me and you we're never satisfied

Money misery grows
Oh woe is we
Who know where it will end
Hard luck follows us
Minus never plus
Will we break or just bend
Never say die
We've got the worst behind us
If we just try
Soon we'll be feeling strong
Cancel that frown
Somehow the light will find us
Can't keep us down
Well at least not for long
Worry's worn us thin
But when our ship comes in
All our troubles will fold
We're a perfect fit
Come to think of it
Love's more precious than gold

Seventh of September
Remember when
We met at the shrine
Your kimono looked so fine
Temple dancers swaying
Flutes playing then
I was yours and you were mine
Paul Desmond on the stereo
We sipped the sake very slow
Kissing in the candleglow
That rainy night in Tokyo
We both got so hungry on the bullet train
Lugging our luggage through the station
Finding a taxi in the pouring rain
We must have made quite a sight
In love on a rainy night
And due for a little celebration
Safe from stormy weather
Together we
Stayed inside our room
Just admiring the typhoon
Heard the cats arrive
Nearly five but we
Were still making love in tune

When Sly calls
The profit speaks
When Sly calls
The secret leaks
The sky falls
The dice are tossed
The war is won
The battle's lost
When Sly calls
It's thirteen takes
When Sly calls
The summer breaks
The sky falls
The rain begins
And on the box some Leon spins
To insulate me from the icy aftershock I feel each time
That Sly calls
(Don't touch the phone)
I am not here
I'm making my escape
The me you hear
Is magnetized on tape
I'm flying south
For snorkeling and sleep
(a Cote d'Azur)
Just leave your message when you hear the
(Don't you dare touch that phone)
When you hear the
(Don't you dare touch that phone)
When you hear the
(Don't you dare touch that phone)
When you hear the beep
When Sly calls
It's tit for tat
When Sly calls
It's rat eat rat
The sky falls
The signal fades
I lock the door and shut the shades
And contemplate the crystal blue familiar funk I'm plunged into
When Sly calls

Antonio lives life's fervor
Antonio plays for truth
Antonio says our friendship
Is a hundred proof
The vulture that circles Rio
hangs in this LA sky
The blankets they
give the Indians
only make them die
But sing the song
forgotten for so long
And let the music flow
like light into the rainbow
We know the dance
we have We still have a chance
to break these chains And flow
like light into the rainbow

But sing the song
forgotten for so long
And let the music flow
like light into the rainbow
We know the dance
we have We still have a chance
to break these chains And flow
like light into the rainbow
Antonio loves the desert
Antonio plays for rain
Antonio knows that pleasure
is the child of pain
And Lost in La Califusa
When most of my hope was gone
Antonio's samba led me
to the Amazon
But sing the song
forgotten for so long
And let the music flow
like light into the rainbow
We know the dance
we have We still have a chance
to break these chains And flow
like light into the rainbow

Well, after all the tears and laughter
You and I've been through
How can you ask me what love is?
Love is a chain, just a chain reaction

Once you break it, you can't fake it
Once you wind it up, you can't unwind it
Once you lose it or misuse it
You can hunt forever and never find it

You come home broken
Like your soul is black and blue
And then you ask me what love is
Love is a chain, just a chain reaction

Once you break it, you can't fake it
Once you wind it up, you can't unwind it
Once you lose it or misuse it
You can hunt forever and never find it

Get some love in your groove
Just get hip to forgive
Are you tryin' to prove
That you can take more than give?

What good is your song
If it ain't in my key?
Loneliness makes you strong
Only love makes you free

Get some love in your groove
Just get hip to forgive
Are you tryin' to prove
That you can take more than give?

What good is your song
If it ain't in my key?
Loneliness makes you strong
Only love makes you free

Well, after all the tears and laughter
You and I've been through
How can you ask me what love is?
Love is a chain, just a chain reaction

Once you break it, you can't fake it
Once you wind it up, you can't unwind it
Once you lose it or misuse it
You can hunt forever and never find it

You come home broken
Like your soul is black and blue
And then you ask me what love is
Love is a chain, just a chain reaction

Once you break it, you can't fake it
Once you wind it up, you can't unwind it
Once you lose it or misuse it
You can hunt forever and never find it

Love is a chain
Love is a chain
Love is a chain
...

Daddy plays the ashtray
Baby starts to cry
The Lady wants to know
The reason why
Daddy's just like Coltrane
Baby's just like Miles
The Lady's just like heaven
When she smiles
And the Lady wants to know
She wants to know the reason
Got to know the reason why
This man has got to go
This man is always leavin'
How he hates to say goodbye
But what she doesn't know
Is there really is no reason
There really is no reason why
Daddy he hates airplanes
Baby loves to fly
And the Lady wants to know
The reason why
Daddy's just like Coltrane
Baby's just like Miles
The Lady's just like heaven
When she smiles.

By day
He's a grease monkey it's true
A slave
Fix your transmission like new
Change oil
Rotate your tires of course
He toils
Under the Flying Red Horse
And at six he rolls
Down his sleeves
Turns his collar up
When the boss man leaves
Close up the shop
Puts away his tools
Gives the last car keys
To the gas pump fools
Then he's home at last
No more goodwrench scene
And he scrubs his hands
Till they're surgeon clean
Takes a long hot shower
Some cologne and then
The change is complete
He's himself again
At night he's Doctor Sax
He's Mister Tenor Virtuoso
He plays to rhythm tracks on tape
No one like Doctor Sax
Not even Trane or Bird could blow so
The girls have heart attacks, they say
(He'll put it all on wax one day)
Some day
He will live just in his mind
Some way
Leave all his misery behind
His horn
He will blow breaking the curse
Reborn
Under the Flying Red Horse

I've been waiting to meet you
I know you're out there somewhere
Are you waiting to meet me too?
Every morning I start out
Maybe today
Every night turn my heart out
Maybe tomorrow
When I wander in dreamtime
I feel you come closer
Tell me is it the same with you?
You stand on a cliff overlooking the ocean
Below on the beach
I am caught in slow motion

And there we're face to face
Together again for the first time
Face to face
You're the one I can love for a lifetime
Face to face
I can see that it might take a while
Face to face
To escape from the curve of your smile

All alone in a desert
I follow some footprints
Only hoping they lead to you
Always slightly behind you
Just out of frame
In a hurry to find you
Before the dream ends
There's confusion and hardship
But it never matters
'Cause I'm doing it all for you
And I know as I search these wide open spaces
You wait under a palm tree
At the oasis

Cancel loneliness
Capture happiness
Let that heartache and pain go
Love feels awful good
Like I knew it would
All superlatives true
Never better now
It's forever now
Finally over the rainbow
I was blind I see
Fate was kind to me
When it cast me with you

I fly solo
The Number One's my logo
Birth of the Cool's my theme song
For me the whole love scene's wrong
I surrender
Take me prisoner right away
I'm content with you inside
I surrender
Learned my lesson the hard way:
"You can run but you can't hide"
Love is not to be denied
My heart beats slow
I kept it incognito
It's only fools who feel love
I don't believe in real love

No one here
Venus and Mars
And a skyful of stars
It's been a slo-mo year
A few stolen kisses
And several near misses
I wait (wish my mission was clearer)
For the cherub's arrow
Hesitate (one last look in the mirror)
My lappels are narrow
Down the stairs and hit the street
The bravado's just pretend though
And the chic spot where we met
Is called Innuendo
You and I
Birds of a feather
We ought to know better
We're cool and shy
Love is outrageous
But highly contagious
We wait (while our salads are dressing)
For the cherub's arrow
You look great (cappuccino compressing)
To Ravel's Bolero
It would surely be a shame
If the evening had to end though
We're both masters of the game
Known as Innouendo
If you believe in love
Prepare for stormy weather
Guess I should heed my own advice
I can't believe that love
Would bring us back together
'Cause lighting never strikes the same place twice
Candlelight
And saying "I've missed you"
Confuses the issue
This summer night
The cabdriver chuckles
We smell honeysuckle
Too late (guess the poison got stronger)
It's the cherub's arrow
We can't wait (to make love any longer)
Guess it's now or never
And this happiness we feel
As we move to the crescendo
Makes the dialogue all real
Not just innuendo
No more innuendo

Keep believing you soon will earn your turn to flash in the pan
It's deceiving' cause nothing kills like this metropolis can
Everywhere there's blind ambition
Dog eat dog and screw you
You do unto others and they do unto you
Everyday you fight taxicabs and traffic, permanent frowns
Lay awake at night wondering if you hear burglary sounds
Think it's time to make my exit
Kiss all this goodbye and
Catch the next flight south connecting to my island life
Look at me I'm a refugee from the island life
I belong where the shade is palm and the mango's ripe
I'll do all my swinging in some hammock by a turquoise sea
For free
Guess it must be clear I do not belong in this cityscape
I am not from here and I do intend to make my escape
Take me back to waterfalls in volcanic canyons
Where coconuts and orchids are my sole companions
Look at me I'm a refugee from the island life
I belong where the shade is palm and the mango's ripe
How inviting it would make always killing time if you
Came too
Can't you see we're just refugees from the island life
We belong where the shade is palm and the mango's ripe
We'll do all our swinging in some hammock by a turquoise sea
For free

Here we are again
That fatal combination
I guess it's opposite attraction
It's gone too far again
This crazy conversation
It's like a nuclear reaction
Lady your lip service has no rival
Don't you know deception is uncouth?
Didn't you read somewhere in the Bible
Not to bend the truth?
If you think your lip service will amaze me
You're utterly confused - that much is clear
'Cause baby your lip service doesn't faze me
It's so insincere
It's only lip service
It's nothin' but lip service
There you are again
Unable to conceal it
That hourglass configuration
It's gone too far again
Believe me, I can feel it
I can't resist that old temptation
Lady your lip service can be vicious
Don't you know deception is uncouth?
However your lips look so delicious
While they bend the truth
Give me some lip service, just attack me
I know I have asked you to be real
But sometimes your lip service is exactly
What I want to feel
Tired of of truces
Eloquence is useless
Eighty-six it
'Cause all this talk won't fix it

I was just a stand-in
Someone love abandoned - not the leading man
But my heart yelled "Action"
What does "fall in love" mean?
We rehearsed the Love Scene unaware of this
Till we tried The Kiss and
Now... now you're in my dreams
Love was such a mystery
Love was ancient history - pleasure chased with pain
Till you whispered my name
In the soundstage moonlight
We could not say goodnight - unaccustomed to
Happiness so new and
Now... now you're in my dreams
Now the close-up me and you
And every old cliche rings true
The Samba begins
Fate to the winds
First it smolders then it burns, you
Pass the point of no return, do
Lovers stay in love by learning
How to leave the world at the door and live
Live inside their dreams?

Lovers from Shakespeare come to mind
The "parting is such sweet"
"Wherefore art thou" kind
Shattered illusions, sad conclusions
When I think of us
Love called the shots and we believed
We gave new meaning to the word "naive"
Can't comprehend the logic of love
When I think of us
How it exploded I don't know
Right out of nowhere
We ran out of mistletoe
Still I remember only good times
When I think of us
We were young and our hearts were broken when love was lost
The pain we concealed
Somehow time has healed
We tried hard but I
Guess we failed the test
Does it matter why?
Just remember I
Hope you're happy I
Wish you all the best
Who could predict the end of spring?
We were in love and love was everything
Promises broken, cruel words spoken
When I think of us
How it exploded I can't say
Right out of nowhere
The rain washed it all away
Still I remember only good times
When I think of us
We were young and our hearts were broken when love was lost

The night I met you
We were tryin' to define
What "hip" meant
How could I forget you
You were shakin' all that fine
Equipment?

Listen you, 's' been a week or two
And still you got me waiting
Anticipating
Little fawn did you lead me on
Because you really want it
Or just to flaunt it
What you tryin' to do?
You can't shift this thing
From high down into low
It's a shame just a game
And i'm blamin' you
'Cause now I'm all dressed up and I got
Nowhere to go

You're so bitter sweet
The sign says, "All that you can eat"
But I still ain't seen it
And I've heard it said
That a lady dressed in red
Don't really mean it

Listen you, 's' been a week or two
And still you got me waiting
Anticipating
Little fawn did you lead me on
Because you really want it
Or just to flaunt it
What you tryin' to do?
You can't shift this thing
From high down into low
It's a shame just a game
And i'm blamin' you
'Cause now I'm all dressed up and I got
Nowhere to go

What you tryin' to do?
You can't shift this thing
From high down into low
It's a shame just a game
And i'm blamin' you
'Cause now I'm all dressed up and I got
Nowhere to go

What you tryin' to do?
You can't shift this thing
From high down into low
It's a shame just a game
And i'm blamin' you
'Cause now I'm all dressed up and I got
Nowhere to go

What you tryin' to do?
You can't shift this thing
From high down into low
It's a shame just a game
And i'm blamin' you
'Cause now I'm all dressed up and I got
Nowhere to go

Ev'ryone sings, "Home of the brave and land of the free"
You've had twenty wins and one save, now you're up against me
How can I keep control of my nerves?
The way you wind-up when you
Throw me those curves?
I hear him yell, "strike", and it's a good call
It's so hard to keep my eyes on the ball
(chorus)
On the baseball
Love is just like baseball
All it is is baseball
Love is just like baseball
You have played with me like a pawn
For most of the night
How'd you get your uniform on
So perflectly tight?
You struck me out twice
I singled but died
Then you made me pop up
By sneakin' inside
I'm gonna change that sneer to respect
Make your eyes open wide
When you feel me connect to the baseball
Here I am behind in the ninth
The count's 3 and 2
End the game like Beethoven's NINTH
Is what I must do
So now that we're here
Alone in the dark
I'm gonna send this
Right out of the park
If I was you I'd leave it alone
'Cause I'm tearin' round third
Slidin' toward home

Remember, when your kite hits the ground
And your smile turns upside down
It's only going on inside you
Whenever the libretto won't do
And all the notes become too blue
Remember there's a song inside youCara mia, if you're ever lost at sea
Just call on me
You always have my love to guide you
When you give more than you're gettin'
When the tempest starts to threaten
You always have my love to hide you
You always have my love inside youWhenever you are feeling some curse
And you get locked into reserve
Then just send up a flare and i'll find you
Or anytime your engine won't start
From running ona brocken heart
Remember that the past is behind youCara mia, if you're ever lost at sea
Just call on me
You always have my love to guide you
When you give more than you're gettin'
When the tempest starts to threaten
You always have my love to hide you
You always have my love inside you

So empty like sky
Without any sun
Lotus Blossom, don't cry
You and I were meant to be one
And though we're apart
It won't be for long
I come to you
In my songSo happy we two
Like sparrows in spring
Lotus Blossom, it's true
Me and you like bow upon string
I live for the day
My journey will end
So I can touch you againAnd in my dream
You are always there with me
A Tahitian fantasy...
But then the film just breaks
And I wake...Lotus Blossom!So empty like sky
Without any sun
Lotus Blossom, don't cry
You and I were meant to be one
And though we're apart
It won't be for long
I come to you
In my song

When I saw you on the beach I self-destructed
My well constructed
Counterpoint of cool.
In that instant I imagined us together
Hardly ever
Resting to refuel.
For forever you are all I need

More than ever you are all I need.

Every kiss perpetuates like mass-production
Sweet seduction
Haunts me like perfume.
Everytime we touch I feel a deeper meaning
Hearts convening
Palpitate in tune.
For forever you are all I need
More than ever you are all I need.

Here with you beside me I agree
No mater where we are is perfect ecstasy
Our bodies speak some language too
Intense for us to comprehend
But when they do
I only know
You're all I need.

Instrumental Interlude

Poets say that love gives meaning to existence
We, for instance,
Prove that point of view.
I'm convinced our souls have searched
A thousand lifetimes
To find the right time
Enter me and you.
For forever you are all I need
More than ever you are all I need

For forever you are all I need
For forever you are all I need
For forever you are all I need
For forever you are all I need

(for P.Y.)
Here I am: "Hometown Boy Makes Good"
Writes one critic.
All my childhood I lived
By the blue Pacific.
Anytime that reality
Makes me heartsick
I come here just to stare
At the blue Pacific
Sea. And barefoot on the beach
I watch for you on the horizon.
That's where you promised you would be.
I've seen your face before in my imagination.
One day my eyes will learn to see.
Here by the blue Pacific where
The diamond water shimmers in the sun.
By the blue Pacific where
The gull still glides and waves divide
The silence just like time.
Understandably happy to be specific
When I'm snorkeled and finned
In the blue Pacific.
I admire the damselfish
Feel terrific
As I float on the face
Of the blue Pasific.

On the flight home to you
Sure hope I don't miss my connection
Nevertheless, if I do
It's only a matter of time
Until my arrival chez nous
I'm heading in the right direction
No turbulence-the sky is blue
It's only a matter of time.When I come home
With my arms around you
I'll surround you
Unplug the phone
And roll down the blinds
When I come home
We'll work on our sunburns
As the world turns
Mangoes for breakfast
Me and you
Definitely chez nous.It won't take long
An hour or two
Until we're alone
Chez nous
Wear a sarong
I can undo
As soon as we're home
Chez nous.Gardenias and jasmine in bloom
The rhythm of rain in the palm trees
A synchronized swim under moon-
Light only a matter of time
On the flight home to you
Sure hope I don't miss my connection
Nevertheless, if I do
It's only a matter of time.

Some sprint to snatch the prize in
My goal's the far horizon
I guess I'm obsessed
With that long slow distance.
The fleet of feet won't please you
All speed, they love and leave you
Not me, as you see
I love long slow distance.
Listen, my pulse beats strong and steady
My pace won't stall when I hit the wall
Others fall by the wayside, heat-exhausted
But I'm no coward I'm solar-powered
As long as I know that you'll be there with me
Face to face when I break the tape
For the kiss when we cross the finish line.
Some play the tempo given
I hear a different rhythm
Do you hear it too?
For the long slow distance.
My stride is smooth and easy
Your touch can always lead me
Off-route in pursuit
Of some long slow distance.

I've wasted a lifetime
Pursuing an image that did not exist
Except in my own mind
Except in my own dream.
My life has convinced me
That happines never can really be found
Until you remember
The voice of your own heart.It's all on the inside
To say you can find it elsewhere
Would be wrong.
It's all on the inside
Each soul has its song.
It was here all along
On the inside.It cannot be captured
On canvas it cannot be
Carved into stone.
No art can sustain it
Believe me I've tried.
It always eludes you
No matter what strategem
You may devise.
It's no destination
A compass can find.There's only love on the inside
No counterfeit no need for it.
A perfect place for your heart to hide
No danger near nothing to fear.
Life's hurricane can't reach within.

From the Towers of Babylon
The beat goes on-
All voices of the insincere.
Confusion is middle C
Your frequency is what I need to hear.Why won't you speak to me?
Show me some affection,
Give me some direction,
Lead me to your love?
Just speak to me-
Don't torture me with silence.
Solitude's a science
I would rather not learn.
For you I would lose my heart.
How can you refuse my heart?Legend says Michelangelo
Was moved to throw
His hammer at the statue's knee.
Resembling flesh and bone
Its mouth of stone
Was quiet company.

He had strong defenses built,
His heart to surround
Not for long, when she appeared
All the walls tumbled down
She had scars reminding her
She was easily deceived
Only tears convinced her
Once again to believe
His ego would bend
Learning the art of love
Her heart soon would mend
Learning the art of love
They were two hearts tuned together
And beating as one
Ever new, each kiss was like
The very first one
They explored each landscape
Of their sweet intimacy
Never bored, love's horizon reached out
Infinitely
Both lovers and friends
Learning the art of love
Homework never ends
Learning the art of love
Learning the art of love
Requires some determination
You search for the heart of love
In every different situation
You apply the art of love.

How did you ever find her?
She tried so hard to disappear.
Somebody rang the bell and
Handed her Vincent's ear.
And no one understands
All the love inside he tried to give
No one understands
His wife was hard to live
No one understands
In a past which he could not desert
No one understands
How his heart was hurt
Somehow by someone.
People suspect a secret
But what could explain a gift so queer?
Totally unprepared for
The riddle of Vincent's ear.
Time can't erase the image:
Handsomely wrapped for you, my dear.
Imagine her surprise then
Discovering Vincent's ear.

When I was a boy of twenty-two
I stood before a statue
Was it you?
They shake the fruit when they dance
You should try some when you have the chance.
Her face had no power to deceive
She wore her beauty shamelessly
Like Eve.
Guavas can be bittersweet
But the mango's always good to eat,
Love has complicated my past.
God nows I left no stone unturned.
Now I realize that at last
I've found her again.
She understands how the blue water behaves.
Mother-of-pearl is the woman in the waves.
My eyes could travel her beauty for always.
Gold of the sun is the woman in the waves.
I know that my life has led me here
To where the dolphin jumps
And the sky's clear.
Here we live without locked doors
Share and share alike- what's mine is yours.
I see invitation in your smile
To celebrate our passions
Without guile.
In the noa noa night
Nave nave's a familiar sight.
I am avare of her fragrance
Even when she disappears.

April is not the cruellest month
If I may disagree
With the eloquent gloom
Of the poet of doom
All winter long the greenshoots hiding
Inder ice and snow
While they wait for the sun
While they wait to become

I can feel it coming to life
Can't you feel it coming to life?
Now for real it's coming to life
Like a symphony
What we missed is coming to life
Slowly-kissed it's coming to life
All we wished for's coming to life
Like a symphony

You and love's forest hibernating
Counting all the wounds
In you heart's history
Like the rings of a tree
Me always voted the least likely
To believe in spring
I was Cool with Reverb
'Til love threw me that curve

Now I feel love coming to life
Can't you feel love coming to life?
Must be Real Love coming to life
Like a symphony
What we missed is coming to life
Slowly-kissed it's coming to life
All we wished for's coming to life
Like a symphony

If it's true from the start
That the names of those we love
Are written in our hearts
And we'll search 'til we find
In this jungle of Confusion
Something that reminds us
How we love each other
Then I think I've found the clue
Because I certain I remember you

Through my window I see
How the seasons change like notes
Within some harmony
But the love in our eyes
Is an endless summer
Is a joy that magnifies
Each time we touch each other
And it feels like Deja Vu
As my heart reveals
How I remember you

Day after day I'm amazed
How our love intensifies
In every way it resembles forever
Abandons us never

Like the sunlight that shines
Like the fragrance of the rose
No single word defines
We are tuned to the sound
That displays creation
That our lives revolve around
And searching for each other
From a million hearts we choose
You remember me and I remember you

A chorus of sparrows in summer
Is how I remember you
The fire of maples in autumn
Is how I remember you
The Silence of snowfall in winter
Is how I remember you